After California wildfire, thousands of trees to be removed
The highway leading to the world’s two largest sequoia trees will stay closed. …
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Vanessa Bryant said LA sheriff promised to secure crash site
She said she pleaded with the sheriff to make sure no one photographed the crash …
Prison chief: Mississippi preps for 1st execution since 2012
Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain says prison employees will do once-a-week rehearsals to prepare for the state’s first execution since 2012 …
AP Week in Pictures: Global
OCT. 16 – 22, 2021 The Olympic flame is lit to begin its journey to the Winter Games in Beijing. A crew conducts a dramatic rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. A diver discovers…
EXPLAINER: How wildfires impact wildlife, their habitat
Wildlife centers in the U.S. West are caring for animals that weren’t able to flee the flames or are looking for food in burned-over places …
No ‘blank slate’ jurors in county shaken by Arbery slaying
The judge and attorneys trying to seat a jury in the trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s killing aren’t finding many jury pool members who are blank slates in the case …
Bourbon maker reaches tentative deal with striking workers
One of the world’s largest bourbon producers has announced a tentative contract agreement with a union representing striking workers in Kentucky …
Powell says inflation risks rising, but Fed can be ‘patient’
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the tangled supply chains and shortages that have bedeviled the U.S. economy since this summer have gotten worse and will likely keep inflation elevated well into next year …
EXPLAINER: Where does Gabby Petito slaying probe go next?
Now that the decomposed remains of Brian Laundrie have been found, where does the investigation into the strangling of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito, go from here …
Stock tied to Trump media venture soars in another frenzy
The company planning to bring President Donald Trump’s new media venture to the stock market soared again on Friday amid another frenzy of trading …
911 caller on Murdaugh’s road shooting: ‘looks like a setup’
Authorities have released 911 calls made by prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh and two motorists after a Sept. 4 roadside shooting in which a bullet grazed Murdaugh’s head …
Lyft report: Sexual assaults rose sharply in recent years
Ride-hailing company Lyft says more than 1,800 sexual assaults were reported by riders in 2019, and the number of incidents has been rising sharply in recent years …